There was no issue of the paper on Sept 25, 1976, on account of the Jumatul Wida holiday. The excerpt below is taken from the previous day’s edition.

FIFTY per cent of the total population of the country had so far been enrolled as eligible voters in the forthcoming general elections to be held sometime before Aug 1 next year, Mr Justice Sajjad Ahmad Jan, Chief Election Commissioner, said in Karachi… . In an informal meeting with editors and senior journalists … he said that this was a major achievement as compared to the world democratic countries. He said that the Commission had been able to create … awareness … among the people … about their franchise right. — News agencies

[Meanwhile, as reported by news agencies from Mexico City], developing countries meeting here … drafted the ‘Mexico City Statement’ which aims at fairer treatment at the hands of the industrialised world. The delegates of the ‘Group of 77’ developing nations (which now actually number 114) drafted the statement at the end of a final debate… . The … points [include] … the creation of an overall system of trade preferences among the developing nations.

Published in Dawn, September 25th, 2026